Domenico Caraceni 1913. Not many occasions it's suitable to, but it never fails to attract compliments.
Eight & Bob. I recently wore a couple of sprays to dinner in a hotel restaurant and an employee of the hotel followed me to my room to ask what I was wearing. Had to share the story and a small sample I was traveling with.
Farmacia's Ambra Nera. Powerful, one-spray, almost narcotic vanilla-based frag. I've had people walking around at dinner parties with their noses in the air until they tracked me down to find out what I was wearing.
I got a lot, I mean A LOT of compliments when I wore REALM back in the '90s. Its one of those pheromone colognes, and I will vouch that it worked quite well for meeting women. And they would say out loud "YOU SMELL GREAT!" I went through a lot of bottles back then. I would buy it at Macy's, since they were the only store carrying it at the time.
I stopped using it when I fell on hard financial times and couldn't afford to go out much. When I got back on my feet in 2005, I ordered some more REALM, but they must have reformulated it or something. The cologne still smells the same to me, but the compliments stopped. Now, you can buy it through several online vendors, sometimes Sears has it, and I've even gotten some at Walgreens.
I've also gotten some compliments when I wear Tabac EdC/EdT ... but these are more non-verbal compliment, like a smile and a touch on the arm. That still counts, right?
I guess most folks around me don't have the guts to approach me with a comment (good or bad), as I rarely hear anything about whichever fragrance I happen to be wearing. The only unsolicited (and non-wife) comment I received recently was during a haircut when the stylist was curious. That day, it was Givenchy Gentlemen Only.